April 18th, 2008
I know what you’re thinking: That Marvel vs. Capcom game is awesome! I’ve been playing it since 1998 and I can’t get enough! I need more!
Well have I got news for you! Only a decade after Marvel teamed with Capcom to bring their popular comic book characters to arcade fighting games, DC Comics is teaming with Midway to bring us Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe.
In 1999, this would have been the greatest videogame ever.
0 commentsJolly Jack Kirby
April 18th, 2008
Here’s Mark Steyn on Jack Kirby. Go get it.
Really, is there anything Steyn can’t do?
0 commentsTerror at the Washington Post
April 18th, 2008
Sad, tragic news: The Post has fired KSK’s Christmas Ape (aka Michael Tunison). The Ape is the best of the best, KSK’s Iceman (to Big Daddy Drew’s Maverick). This is a tragedy for all concerned.
Seems to me that if I ran the Post‘s sports section–where Tony “I’m Famous!” Kornheiser is stealing money year after year–and I found out the Christmas Ape was working for me, I’d make him quit KSK and give him a column.
The official reason for Tunison’s firing is that, by appearing drunk in a photo (taken while he was off-duty), he brought “discredit to the paper.” Huh? My guess is that Wilbon somebody at the paper who doesn’t like sports bloggers insisted he be shown the door.
But you know what brings discredit to a newspaper? Allowing big money columnists to strut around town, blathering on TV every chance they get, and then, when they have an extra five minutes, phone in their columns. Or “columnettes.”
It’s a total travesty. God speed, Christmas Ape.
0 commentsGolden Age Comics
April 18th, 2008
I have a short piece in today’s WSJ on the return of Golden Age heroes to modern comics. You might find it interesting. If you’re a geek. Like me.
0 commentsApril 17th, 2008
Pope Benedict XVI explains to the press how and why certain movies can only be viewed going from Europe to North America and vice versa.
Tim Noah: Genius
April 15th, 2008
Galley Friend S.B. is on the verge of converting to the Church of High Definition, and in the course of his research, came upon this amazing Tim Noah column. Noah finds the short-cut phone number to getting a live human being from Amazon: 1-800-201-7575, ext. 7.
But even better, Noah unearths a hidden Amazon policy: a 30-day price guarantee. In other words, if Amazon lowers its price on something you’ve bought from them within 30 days, they’ll refund you the difference–so long as you call them and ask them to.
This is service journalism at its finest. Noah deserves a Pulitzer.
0 commentsHoly Crap!
April 15th, 2008
Ghetto Man and the Superfriends. Sample line: “I don’t think Green Lantern counts as colored.” Holy God.
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This is all from a short-lived ’70s show called Legends of the Superheroes. You can see some more clips here and here. And yes, that’s Adam West and Burt Ward (and Ed McMahon). It’s unbelievable.
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(Courtesy of Galley Friend D.M.)
0 commentsInsert Joke Here
April 15th, 2008
The Inquirer has a neat little piece up on the rising price of sex in the non-professional divisions of the sport. You know, you pay for it either way, yadda-yadda-yadda. Money (nut?) graphs:
0 commentsIn a paper published in this month’s issue of the journal Evolutionary Psychology, Kruger interviewed 475 college students and found that 27 percent of the men and 14 percent of the women reported trying to trade something to get sex. “Sometimes it was money, sometimes it was funding voice lessons, and sometimes it was giving tickets to the Ohio State versus Michigan game,” he said. “There’s a black market for those tickets – they’re quite sought after.”
Conversely, about 5 percent of men and 9 percent of women reported offering sex in the hope of getting some kind of freebie.
